Glued to a TV set inside a small house in picturesque Kurseong, Darjeeling district, 33-year-old Gaurav Pramanik cried quietly, but bitterly. In various parts of the country, celebrations had broken out. It was September 6 and the SC had just decriminalised homosexuality.
Gaurav wept for two reasons. He was happy he wouldn’t have to be defensive about his sexuality anymore. And he was sad and angry he had been so for many years. Memories of what he went through at IT giant Tech Mahindra came flooding back and the tears just rolled down.